diff --git a/roms/Makefile b/roms/Makefile
index d28252dafd..1ff78b63bb 100644
--- a/roms/Makefile
+++ b/roms/Makefile
@@ -120,8 +120,21 @@ build-efi-roms: build-pxe-roms
 		$(patsubst %,bin-i386-efi/%.efidrv,$(pxerom_targets)) \
 		$(patsubst %,bin-x86_64-efi/%.efidrv,$(pxerom_targets))
 
+# Build scripts can pass compiler/linker flags to the EDK2 build tools
+# via the EDK2_BASETOOLS_OPTFLAGS (CPPFLAGS and CFLAGS) and
+# EDK2_BASETOOLS_LDFLAGS (LDFLAGS) environment variables.
+#
+# Example:
+#
+#  make -C roms \
+#    EDK2_BASETOOLS_OPTFLAGS='...' \
+#    EDK2_BASETOOLS_LDFLAGS='...' \
+#    efirom
+#
 $(EDK2_EFIROM):
-	$(MAKE) -C edk2/BaseTools
+	$(MAKE) -C edk2/BaseTools \
+		EXTRA_OPTFLAGS='$(EDK2_BASETOOLS_OPTFLAGS)' \
+		EXTRA_LDFLAGS='$(EDK2_BASETOOLS_LDFLAGS)'
 
 slof:
 	$(MAKE) -C SLOF CROSS=$(powerpc64_cross_prefix) qemu